Winding-machine.



B. HURD. WINDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MIA B. 25, 1901.-

Patented Feb. '16, 1909.

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WIN DING-VIAGHINE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

Application filed March 25, 1901. Serial No. 52,737.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN HURD, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in d' inding-Hachines,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to winding machines and its object is toconstruct a machine for winding strips or ribbons of cloth into a com- Ibeing such as to make the spindle easily removable. Thus in Fig. 3 theplate 5 which holds the spindle in its bearing is pivoted at one end andprovided with a notch 6 at the other end, into which the thumb screw 7fits, so that by unscrewing the thumb screw the plate may be swung outof the way. The spools 8 upon which the material is to be Wound areslipped upon the spindle, being separated by the washers 9, and thewhole being clamped together between a nut 10 fixed at one end of thespindle and a nut 11 screw threaded on the other end. Where the spindleis long and carries a number of spools it may be prevented from saggingby a brace 12 carried by the tie rod 13, which braces the standards 2and 3. The brace 12 is notched at its upper end to receive the Y spindleand thus forms a bearing therefor.

Arms 14 and 15 are carried by the respective standards 2 and 3 and intheir outer ends have suitable bearings for the rod 16 upon which areloosely mounted the guiding plates 17. The upper ends of the guidingplates 17 are suitably notched or curved to receive the bar 18 the endsof which are journaled in the links 19, 19, the latter being looselymounted on rod 16. Near the rod 16 the plates 17 are provided withnotches 20 into which rests a ar 21 provided with grooves 22 spacedapart I a distance equal to the width of the winding spools, the groovesfitting upon the plates 17 and thus spacing them apart.

In the operation of the device the material 23 is threaded over the rod16, under bar 21, and to the upper periphery of the winding spool 8,where the end is attached to the spool in any suitable manner, forillustration by hooking it upon the points 24 carried by the spool. Whenthe material has been attached to the spools the handle 25 which ispreferably removably attached to spindle 4, is turned thus winding thematerial upon the spools. Before commencing to wind, the bar 18 isplaced in osition in the ends of the plates 17, and the p ates and barswung down to the position shown in heavy lines in Fig. 2. This brings aplate between each strip or ribbon of material and the weight rests uponthe material on the spools substantially at the point where the materialis being delivered to the spools. As the winding is continued and thespools receive more and more material the weighted bar is graduallylifted and swung around the rod 16 as an axis, but its position withrespect to the point of the delivery of the material to the spool doesnot materially change. By reason of this the material is uniformlypacked u on the spool, and buckling of the materia already wound, ordistortion of the roll, is prevented. When the spools are filled, thumbscrew 7 is loosened and plate 5 swung around to permit the spindle 4 tobe raised. The spools are then removed from the spindle and empty spoolsput on in their place. Any tendency of the strips to curl, or becometwisted, is prevented by the strip passing over rod 16 and under bar 21.

It will be observed that the plates are always in position on each sideof the strip, notwithstanding the size of the roll, to pro erly guidethe strip to the roll, and that t 1e plates are properly moved as thesize of the roll increases, so as to present but a mininipm frictionalsurface against the sides of the r0 1.

The machine above described will be found peculiarly applicable to thewinding of strips of cloth cut on the bias, but obviously may be used inconnection with material of any character.

Having thus described my invention I declare that what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a winding machine, the combination with a plurality of windingspools having attaching and driving means, of stationary tension meansfor delivering the material thereto, a weight resting on the windingspool and moving upward as the size of the roll increases, side guidescarrying said weight, substantially as described.

2. In a winding machine, the combination with a plurality of Windingspools having attaching means, of a lurality of edge guides for stripsof materia and means independent of the said guides but carried therebyfor maintaining pressure at the points of delivery of the strips ofmaterial across the entire machine and radially to the spools,substantially as described.

3. In a winding machine, the combination with means for winding aplurality of spools, of means for guiding the edges of the webs thereto,means for maintaining pressure upon the webs of material when deliveredto the spools, and means comprising pivoted guides adapted to permitsaid last named means to maintain its proper position, sub stantially asdescribed.

4. In a winding machine, the combination with a winding spool, ofpivoted guiding plates on opposite sides thereof carrying a bar normallybearing against the periphery of the spool in a radial direction, andone or more bars connecting said guiding plates over or under which thematerial is passed before being delivered to the spool, substantially asdescribed.

5. The combination of a spindle carrying a plurality of Winding spools,a plurality o1" guiding plates separating said spools and pivoted to acommon axis, a bar carried by said guiding plates, and resting upon theperiphery of said spools at the point where the material is delivered tothe spool, and a bar carried by said plates, transversely thereto, underwhich the material is passed before delivery to the spool.

6. The combination of a spindle carrying a plurality of winding spools,a plurality of guiding plates separating said spools at a tangent to theperiphery of the spindle and pivoted to a common axis, and means formoving said guiding plates around their axis as the size of the rollincreases, whereby the extent of frictional surface between the rollsand plates is prevented from increasing.

7. The combination of a spindle carrying a plurality of winding spools,a plurality of guiding plates separating said spools at a tangent to theperiphery of the spindle and pivoted to a common axis, a plurality ofguiding plates interposed between the respective winding spools, at theouter edge thereof, and means for moving said guiding plates as the sizeof the roll increases, whereby the same relative positions of the platesand rolls are maintained, substantially as described.

8. In a Winding machine, the combination with a driven Winding spool, ofa guiding plate at each side thereof pivoted independently of the spoolsupport, tension means, and means adapted to rest on the periphery ofthe spool and connected with said guide plates whereby said means andsaid guide plates simultaneously move outward as the roll diameterincreases.

. 9. In a winding machine, the combination with a plurality of windingspools, of means for delivering strips of material thereto, and aweighted roll mounted in arms pivoted independently of said udndingspool, said weighted roll resting upon the Winding roll Where thematerial is delivered to the latter and adapted to swing outward as thesize of the roll increases, edge guides for each web, and tension means,substantially as described.

10. In a winding machine, the combination with the winding spindle, ofone or more guiding plates, said plate or plates being connected bytension bars and pivoted upon an axis independent of said windingspindle, and meeting said winding spindle outside its axls.

11. In a winding machine, the combination with a winding spool havingattaching and driving means, of relatively fixed guiding means fordelivering the material thereto, means resting on the winding spool andmoving upward as the size of the roll increases, said guides and arms,and tension means, connecting the guide arms, substantially asdescribed.

12. The combination with a winding spindle adapted to receive aplurality of spools, and driving means, of guides between each spool forthe edges of strips of material, a bar carried by said guides andresting on the material as Wound, and a support on which said guides arepivoted so that said guide may move outwards as the roll increases indiameter, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN HURD.

Witnesses:

H. STANTON Hosp, 0. V. EDwARDs.

